CVE-2025-5814

MEDIUM

Profiler - What Slowing Down Your WP <= 1.0.0 - Unauthenticated Plugin Reactivation via Missing Capability Check

Title source: llm

Description

The Profiler – What Slowing Down Your WP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the wpsd_plugin_control() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reactivate previously deactivated plugins after accessing the "Profiler" page.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Third Party Advisory

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9213db60-c0c1-44a9-9b8c-621029c3a08f?source=cve

Product

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profiler-what-slowing-down/trunk/actions.php#L31

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3

EPSS 0.0023

EPSS Percentile 13.3%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-862

Status published

Products (1)

switcorp/Profiler – What Slowing Down Your WP < 1.0.0

Published Jun 07, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026